I heard that if you get heartburn when you're pregnant that the baby will have a lot of hair, and if you pull the lint out of your belly button your guts will spill out... I know they're not true but I like to hear them and laugh...
2006-08-10 11:55:33 · 6 answers · asked by Gorgeous 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
When making the bed, don't interrupt your work, or you will spend a restless night in it.
If you play with fire you will wet the bed.
Never turn your mattress on a Sunday, or you'll have bad dreams.
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Make the foot of the bed before the head, or else my dear, you'll never wed!
If a single woman sleeps with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow, she will dream of her future husband.
It's bad luck to put a hat on a bed.
If you make a bedspread, be sure to finish it or marriage will never come to you.
Placing a bed facing north and south brings misfortune.
You must get out of bed on the same side that you get in or
you will have bad luck.
A bed changed on Friday will bring bad dreams.
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Dreams
Dreams at night are a devil's delight,
Dreams in the morning, heed the angels' warning.
If you have the same dream three times in a row, its bound to come true.
To dream of falling indicates a loss of emotional equilibrium or self-control. It may represent your insecurity, a lack of self-confidence, a fear of failure or an inability to cope with a situation. If you fall a long distance in your dream and get hurt, be prepared for really hard times ahead; but if you fall and are not injured your upsets will be minor and temporary.
Dreaming of clear water is a sign of great good luck and prosperity, a dream of muddy water foretells sadness or sorry for the dreamer through hearing of an illness or death of someone he/she knows well. Dirty water warns of unscrupulous people who would bring you to ruin.
If you sleep with rose petals under your pillow, you will dream of the one you will marry.
Dandelion root tea will promote psychic powers. This same tea, steaming and placed beside the bed, will call spirits.
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Health
To find out how long you will live, blow the seeds off the head of a dandelion. You will live as many years as there are seeds left on the head.
My grandmother once chastized me for washing my hair during 'that time of month' because that would cause me health problems!
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Lemon and whiskey take away a cough.
1/3 cup ground mustard seed and 1 cup sea salts in a bath will draw the cold right out of you.
If you're getting sick, unpeel a garlic clove and put it in your mouth. Leave it there for as long as you can stand it; then chop it up, leave it in the air for 20 minutes, and eat it. Just don't kiss anybody.
When you shiver for no reason, it means someone is walking over the ground where you will be buried.
A dog howling at night when someone in the house is sick is a bad omen.
An onion cut in half and placed under the bed of a sick person will draw off fever and poisons.
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Knowledge To tell the time, blow three times at the seed head of a dandelion. The number of seeds left is the hour.
Lies
Little white marks on your finger nails were from all the lies you tell.
Your nose will grow if you lie .
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Love
and Marriage
If you break a double strawberry in half and share it with someone, you will fall in love with each other.
To send a message to a loved one, blow a dandelion seed head in his or her direciton and visualize your message.
from New Orleans USA: If you wash dishes and get water on your stomach area you will marry a
drunk. You must wear an apron in the kitchen.
Europeans believe that Feb. 14th is the day when birds begin to choose their mates. It is believed that a young girl will be able to tell what type of man she will marry based upon the first bird that she sees on Valentine's Day. The bird associations, include:
Blackbird = clergyman or priest
Robin Redbreast = sailor or nautical man
Goldfinch (or any yellow bird) = rich man
Sparrow = farmer or country gentleman
Bluebird = happy man
Crossbill = argumentative man
Dove = good man
Woodpecker = no husband
If you sit on a kitchen table you will never get married.
Make the foot of the bed before the head, or else my dear, you'll never wed!
When peeling an apple, peel all in one piece from top to bottom or visa versa,(it has to be the whole peel), and then throw the peel over your left shoulder. When it lands on the floor look for a shape of a letter - it will be the letter of your future husband.
Think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off.
If a single woman sleeps with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow, she will dream of her future husband.
If the clasp of your necklace is touching the pendant, someone is thinking of you.
If an unmarried woman is anxious to marry her beau, she will suddenly begin to accidentally break dishes more than usual. It is a hint to the beau that she really wants to get married.
Don't sing at the table, you'll marry a crazy person.
If you let someone sweep under your feet you will never find a good husband. (Perhaps meaning that you are lazy and good men will not want to marry you.)
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Luck
If a dragonfly or ladybug lands on you, you will have good luck.
If you bake bread on Halloween, its bad luck.
If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.
The bright scarlet ladybug is a luck-bringer, probably because it is traditionally associated by its color with fire. It is a sign of good fortune if one lands on a person's hand or dress. It must, however, be allowed to fly away of its own accord, and must not be brushed off. It is permissible to speed it onwards by a gentle puff, and by the recitation of the rhyme which runs,
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home.
Your house is on fire and your children are gone.
* The deeper the ladybug's color, the better luck it brings. The number of spots on its back are also important. The more spots...the better the luck!
If you find a penny face up, pick it up for good luck. If it is face down, turn it over and leave it for the next person to find and have good luck!
Spit on a new bat before using it for the first time to make it lucky.
If you spill the salt, throw it over your shoulder for good luck, it is said that this scares bad spirits away.
The throwing of salt over your shoulder is to blind the devil or certainly to dispose of witches It is also recommended to leave a bowl of salt outside your door on halloween as witches cannot enter your house until they have counted every grain.
If you rock an empty rocking chair, you will have bad luck.
If you sneeze three times before breaking fast on a Sunday, you will gain something in that week.
NEVER EVER say the word "MacBeth" in a theatre! The person who does should make up for it by whistling in the dressing-room, which draws the bad luck onto him, instead of the whole production.
Give your loved ones a pinch and a punch for the first of the month.
It's bad luck to touch someone's cards while they are being read.
The Blarney Stone is a stone set in the wall of the Blarney Castle tower in the
Irish village of Blarney. Kissing the stone is supposed to bring the kisser the gift
of persuasive eloquence (blarney.)
Touch blue and your wish will come true.
Three butterflies together mean good luck.
A cat onboard a ship is considered to bring luck.
COUNTING CROWS
One's bad,
Two's luck,
Three's health,
Four's wealth,
Five's sickness,
Six is death.
If you use the same pencil to take a test that you used for studying for the test,
the pencil will remember the answers.
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Money
If your right palm itches, money is coming your way.
If your left palm itches, money will be paid out.
* (Some claim that it is the other way around; the left palm means money is coming your way, and the right means money will be paid out. Test your palms to find the truth!)
If it rains when someone moves house, it bodes the wealth of those moving.
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New Year
The first man to walk through your front door in the new year should be carrying coal for the fire. That way, your hearth will never be cold that upcoming year.
Eat sauerkraut on New Years Day for good luck.
On New Years Day if a man is the first one to walk in your door, you will have good luck. If a woman enters first it is a sign of bad luck.
Open all windows and doors to let the Old Year out and the New Year in.
If the first butterfly you see in the year is white, you will have good luck all year.
Three butterflies together mean good luck.
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Physical Signs from the Body If your right ear itches, someone is speaking well of you. If your left ear itches, someone is speaking ill of you.
If an eyelash falls out, put it on the back of the hand, make a wish and throw it over your shoulder. If it flies off the hand the wish will be granted.
It is bad luck to cut your fingernails on Friday or Sunday.
If your cheeks suddenly feel on fire, someone is talking about you.
If your right eye twitches there will soon be a birth in the family.
If your right palm itches, money is coming your way.
If your left palm itches, money will be paid out.
Place a hand in front of your mouth when sneezing, your soul may escape otherwise.
The devil can enter your body when you sneeze. Having someone say, "God bless you," drives the devil away.
If you sneeze on a Monday, you sneeze for danger;
Sneeze on a Tuesday, kiss a stranger;
Sneeze on a Wednesday, sneeze for a letter;
Sneeze on a Thursday, something better;
Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow;
Sneeze on a Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow.
Sneeze on a Sunday, and the devil will have domination over you all week.
Sneezes:
One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a letter
Four for a boy.
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret, never to be told
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Pregnancy If a pregnant woman is denied a craving, the first place she touches with her dominant hand will become a birthmark on the baby.
If you want a boy, drink cola products, eat more red meats and stick with salty snacks like pretzels and chips.
If it's a girl you desire, both partners should eat lots of vegetables and fish and bulk up on sweets-especially chocolate!
Is it a boy or a girl?
If you're carrying high it's a boy and low, it's a girl.
If you're carrying in front, it's a boy and wide, it's a girl.
If you crave sweets, you'll have a girl.
If you crave meats or cheeses, you'll have a boy.
If you get red highlights in your hair, you'll have a girl.
If your belly gets hairy, you'll have a boy.
Dark nipples mean you're having a boy.
If you have morning sickness early in pregnancy, it's sure to be a girl.
If you look a little "rough around the edges," it must be a girl because girls steal their mother's looks.
If your skin breaks out, you're sure to have a girl.
If your right breast is bigger, it will be a boy. If your left breast is larger, it will be a girl.
If your hands are dry and chapped, it will be a boy.
If your feet are not colder than they were before pregnancy, you're having a girl.
Suspend a needle from some thread and have someone hold it one inch above your hand. If the needle swings back and fort, a girl is in your future. If it moves in a circle, you can count on a boy.
Hang your wedding ring from a strand of the father's hair over your belly. If the ring moves side to side, it'll be a girl. If it swings, it will be a boy. Also, be sure to count the rotations that the ring makes to find out how many children you'll carry in your lifetime.
(alternate version) To predict the sex of a baby: Suspend a wedding band held by a piece of thread over the palm of the pregnant girl. If the ring swings in an oval or circular motion the baby will be a girl. If the ring swings in a straight line the baby will be a boy.
Monday's child is fair of face;
Tuesday's child is full of grace;
Wednesday's child is full of woe;
Thursday's child has far to go;
Friday's child is loving and giving;
Saturday's child works hard for a living.
But the child that is born on the Sabbath day
is fair and wise, good and gay.
If you raise your arms above your head when you are pregnant, you will
strangle the baby with the umbilical cord. (This is NOT true!)
To induce labor, eat spicy foods.
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Rescind
If you say something bad and you didn't really mean it, knock on wood to erase the words.
If you think you've jinxed something, tap on wood. The spirit inside will fix what you've done.
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Visits
If your nose itches, somebody is coming to visit.
A bird in the house is a sign of rebirth.
Coming in one door and leaving by another door will bring the person you are visiting more company.
If you drop a dish towel, you are sure to have company soon.
An open teapot means an unexpected visitor.
If a bee enters your home, it's a sign that you will soon have a visitor. If you kill the bee, you will have bad luck, or the visitor will be unpleasant.
If you drop any silverware, than guests will be coming.
Knife=man, Fork=woman, and Spoon=child.
If something is spilled, a drunken man will soon visit.
If you drop a broom, you will soon have company. It is best just to pick up the broom and clean up a bit, just in case that company drops in.
If you sweep dirt out the door after dark, it will bring a stranger to visit.
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Weather
Dandelion root buried in the northwest corner of the house brings favorable winds.
If an oak has an abundance of acorns in the fall then the winter will be cold and wet.
If there is a ring around the moon, it will rain in as many days as there are stars in that ring.
If cows lick trees you can expect rain.
In late winter it is forbidden to knit on the doorstep, as that is known to lengthen the winter.
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Weddings
At the bridal shower, the person who gives the third gift to be opened will soon have a baby.
A bride's veil protects her from evil spirits who are jealous of happy people.
Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday best of all,
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
Saturday for no luck at all
Married when the year is new, he'll be loving, kind & true,
When February birds do mate, You wed nor dread your fate.
If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you'll know.
Marry in April when you can, Joy for Maiden & for Man.
Marry in the month of May, and you'll surely rue the day.
Marry when June roses grow, over land and sea you'll go.
Those who in July do wed, must labour for their daily bred.
Whoever wed in August be, many a change is sure to see
Marry in September's shrine, your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember.
When December snows fall fast, marry and true love will last.
Something old,
Something new,
Something borrowed,
Something blue,
And a lucky sixpence
In her shoe.
Married in White, you have chosen right,
Married in Grey, you will go far away,
Married in Black, you will wish yourself back,
Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead,
Married in Green, ashamed to be seen,
Married in Blue, you will always be true,
Married in Pearl, you will live in a whirl,
Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow,
Married in Brown, you will live in the town,
Married in Pink, your spirit will sink.
Wedding Day Good Omens:
seeing a rainbow
having the sun shine
meeting a black cat
meeting a chimney sweep
Wedding Day Bad Omens:
a pig, hare, or lizard running across the road
seeing an open grave
meeting a nun or a monk foretell barrenness
If the groom drops the wedding band during the ceremony, the marriage is doomed.
The new bride must enter her home by the main door, and must not trip or fall - hence the custom of carrying the bride over the threshold.
The spouse who goes to sleep first on the wedding day will be the first to die.
If a single woman sleeps with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow, she will dream of her future husband.
If the sun is shining while it is raining, then the devil is beating his wife.
2006-08-10 12:02:41 · answer #1 · answered by sunniej1977 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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that eating crusts off the bread will make your hair curly and eating brocoli will put hairs on your chest.
2006-08-10 12:02:29 · answer #3 · answered by ness 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if wind blows into your ear at midnight, a ghost is trying to talk to you.
2006-08-10 12:03:11 · answer #4 · answered by annie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you dream of tropical fishes someone that is close to u is pregnant
2006-08-10 12:01:37 · answer #5 · answered by mommy of 1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you sit on cold floors when you are young you will get piles when you grow up .ha ha
2006-08-10 12:03:14 · answer #6 · answered by leonard24seven 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋